The Oscar screener was invented by accident, and other secrets of an awards season staple - Los Angeles Times
![Went thrifting today and found this (rare?) For Your Consideration DVD screener of 'The Social Network.' The viewer is instructed to cut the disc in half after viewing it, guess that didn't Went thrifting today and found this (rare?) For Your Consideration DVD screener of 'The Social Network.' The viewer is instructed to cut the disc in half after viewing it, guess that didn't](https://preview.redd.it/m8mc32dtffd51.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=0960d7b2a575597c4afc6360d30db8ee2cb9b3d1)
Went thrifting today and found this (rare?) For Your Consideration DVD screener of 'The Social Network.' The viewer is instructed to cut the disc in half after viewing it, guess that didn't
![Burn after viewing: DVD screeners are part of award season – and piracy | Baftas 2012 | The Guardian Burn after viewing: DVD screeners are part of award season – and piracy | Baftas 2012 | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2012/2/9/1328800951656/Film-still-from-We-Need-T-007.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMTIucG5n&enable=upscale&s=c3e8bb6289bae867ed7508ce1a76d517)
Burn after viewing: DVD screeners are part of award season – and piracy | Baftas 2012 | The Guardian
![This may be of interest to the sub - Paul Schrader says that DVD screeners are no longer being sent to Academy voters, all screeners will be viewable on a streaming site This may be of interest to the sub - Paul Schrader says that DVD screeners are no longer being sent to Academy voters, all screeners will be viewable on a streaming site](https://preview.redd.it/this-may-be-of-interest-to-the-sub-paul-schrader-says-that-v0-kupy47m7hp6a1.jpg?auto=webp&s=eeaa307b139d740a3bf8338cfccc22b1ca3239eb)